Life Of Charlie Chaplin
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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin grew up in the ghetto areas of London. He endured a bad childhood in orphanages that are only shown in movies, which influenced his character to be the best-known actor ever in silent comedy. However, the support given to him as a kid helped him go on using his dancing and singing skills stuck with him and it helped him succeed. He also gained the opportunity to be one of the most popular child actors in London at that time, under the guidance of his agent and half brother Sid.
Although Charlie had a good long successful career in most filmmaking, he is definitely best known for his work of “The Tramp”, a short man with a black moustache who acted like a penguin. “The Tramp” represents life in the nineteenth century, and his experiences of the film were clearly shown to the audience. By 1920, Chaplin was earning $10,000 dollars a week. In silent movies like ‘The Kid’, he played the role of “The Tramp”, through this he became legendary.
Later in his career, Chaplin’s directness obtained him suspicions of having extreme political views. He made the anti-Hitler comedy “The Great Dictator”. However, because of it, he was accused of supporting communism. His 1947, creation “Monsieur Verdoux” was also considered to cut a bit too close to the bone, and was banned in Memphis.
Because of his problems in the United States, Charlie Chaplin moved to Switzerland. It was here that he spent many of his happiest years, away from the bright lights of the big city, and with the people he loved. He later produced a comedy in London, “The King in New York” (1957), where he uses humor to attack the suspicions he had of the American government at that time. The king of silent comedy only returned to the United States once to receive an Oscar in 1972. He was knighted in 1975, but sadly two years later, on Christmas day, he died of natural causes at his home in Switzerland.